Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Gleaming the Cube (1989)
- Dir. Graeme Clifford
Feat. Christian Slater, Steven Bauer
- Featuring a lead teenage role for Christian Slater, this suspense–drama follows a skateboarder’s attempts to track down his brother’s…
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- Dir. Joe Johnston
Feat. Rick Moranis
- An inventor inadvertently reduces his and the neighbour's kids to a grasshopper's knee–height. With the help of FX wizardry, they fend for…
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott…
- When Sean Connery turns up as Indy's feisty dad, the pair embark on an adventure–laden search for a mystical Holy Grail. You'll have fun…
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
- Dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Feat. Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Matthew Lawrence…
- A magical animation from the masterful Japanese dir. Miyazaki, which delivers a contemporary fairytale with strong characters, rich visuals and a…
Little Mermaid, The (1989)
- Dir. Ron Clements, John Musker
- A modern Disney animated musical blessed with a wonderful score and a touching story.
Based loosely on Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale, a…
Look Who's Talking (1989)
- Dir. Amy Heckerling
Feat. John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis…
- Amiable comedy featuring 'Mickey', the infant that thinks aloud, courtesy of Bruce Willis. He's more than handful for Mom Kirstie Alley and boyfriend…
Magical World of Margaret Mahy, The (1989)
- Dir. Euan Frizzell
- Five stories from New Zealand’s premier children’s writer gets nicely animated – “Keeping House”, “The Three–Legged Cat”, “The…
Prancer (1989)
- Dir. John Hancock
Feat. Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda…
- Warm–hearted festive tale of a young girl who after stumbling across a wounded reindeer and after nursing him back to health sets out to return…
Red Riding Hood (1989)
- Dir. Adam Brooks
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, Amelia Shankley, Craig T. Nelson
- Musical interpretation of the classic fairy tale with real, flesh–and–blood actors (including Isabella Rossellini), some Disney–ish…
Round the Twist (TV Series) (1989)
- Feat. Ebonnie Masini, Andrew S. Gilbert, Rian Mclean…
- Australian television classic from the mind of author Paul Jennings following the off–the–wall adventures of the Twist Family, who leave…